Participants in this class will learn how to identify and date salient features of historic structures such as whether the structure is scribed or square rule, the methods of conversion for the timber in the structure, and different tool marks found in timber framed structures. The course will also seek to give a preliminary overview of how to set out and measure historic structures and what key details should be included in drawings. The hope is to create a new generation of people actively engaged in surveying and recording historic buildings in their local area, like what the WPA and HABS were doing at the turn of the 20th century.
Nevan Carling is a conservation timber framer based in Connecticut. He is a graduate of the University of York, England, where he earned a First Class undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Heritage Management. He is currently pursuing an MSc in Timber Building Conservation at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Chichester, England. Nevan works as a conservation timber framer and teaches/demonstrates hewing at the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT.
